An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/dort

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dort, adverb, ‘there, in that place,’ from the equivalent Middle High German dort, Old High German dorot, probably from darot; Gothic *þaraþa (formed like dalaþa), would be the corresponding adverb in answer to the question where? The Old High German has darôt, ‘thither’; derived from dar, da.